After a long day of travel, the Alabama volleyball is finally settled into its hotel in Palo Alto, Calif. The Crimson Tide departed Tuscaloosa at 11 a.m. CT, and arrived at the San Jose Airport at approximately 4 p.m. PST. From there, the Tide practiced for about 90 minutes, before wrapping up the night with dinner at P.F. Chang's. The team checked into the hotel just before 9 p.m. PST.

The Tide will get day two of the NCAA tournament road trip started with around 9:30 with breakfast at the hotel, before making their way to the Stanford University campus for a noon practice at Maples Pavilion. Alabama's first NCAA tournament match since 2007 will be Thursday at 4:30 p.m. PST.